'Don't worry, I shot them both': Man, woman killed in Wellington neighbor dispute over basketball hoop

'Don't worry, I shot them both': Man, woman killed in Wellington neighbor dispute over basketball hoop
The gunman in Saturday's double homicide in Wellington says he fired his gun in self-defense. PBSO has arrested him on first-degree murder charges

WELLINGTON — A dispute between a 63-year-old man and his neighbors over a basketball hoop and their property boundary led to a double homicide Saturday, May 4, in a Wellington neighborhood, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report.

Norman Scott is facing two counts of first-degree murder following his arrest in the shooting deaths of Tara Marie Jones and Taylor Glenn Jones. Scott's arrest report did not disclose the victims' ages or their relationship to each other.

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Scott told the witness that he had gotten into an argument with his neighbors over a basketball hoop and property boundaries, the arrest report said. Investigators said Scott called 911 and told a dispatcher that he shot his neighbors when they attacked him.

However, investigators said surveillance-camera video contradicted Scott's claim. The arrest report indicates that neither Taylor nor Tara Jones was observed acting either violently or aggressively or displaying any form of threatening behavior toward Scott.

"The video evidence unequivocally establishes the shooting was completely malicious and unprovoked," an investigator wrote in Scott's arrest report.


According to the report, the surveillance video showed that Scott initiated a conversation with Taylor Jones. Investigators said Scott was "aggressively and belligerently" pointing and waving his hand in Taylor Jones' face. They said Jones responded with "nonthreatening" hand gestures.

The video reportedly showed Scott retrieve a gun and begin shooting as Taylor Jones backed away with both hands raised. After shooting Taylor Jones multiple times, Scott then turned the gun in Tara Jones' direction and continued firing, investigators said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/06/dispute-basketball-hoop-property-boundary-leads-to-double-homicide-wellington-florida-norman-scott/73584691007/